msend utility on Fedora 28+ says libnsl.so.1 => not found

Knowledge Article

Article Number

000365939

Old Article Number

000164465

Article Type

Solutions to a Product Problem

Title

msend utility on Fedora 28+ says libnsl.so.1 => not found

Summary

libnsl.so.1 is not found when trying to use msend on Fedora 28 or later

Product

TrueSight Infrastructure Management

Component

TSIM Impact and Event Management Cell

Applies to

All versions

Problem

When trying to use the msend utility on Fedora 28 or higher, it says libnsl.so.1 => not found.

Looking at the libraries needed it seems libnsl.so.1 is not present:

ldd /srv/bin/msend
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffcbf988000)
libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fdf2eb64000)
libnsl.so.1 => not found
libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fdf2eb5e000)
libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fdf2e998000)

Cause

From Ferdoa 28 onwards, the libnsl package was no longer included by default, only libnsl2

Solution

Install libnsl onto Fedora 28 or higher, or alternatively try soft linking the libnsl2 library to libnsl as there should be backwards compatibility.

If the soft link does not work then install libnsl.

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